About August 1st

Sun Sign
♌ Leo
Fire · Sun
creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted
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Birthstone
Peridot
Olive green
Healing, vitality, harmony
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Birth Flower
Poppy
Gladiolus
Imagination, strength of character
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Celtic Tree
Holly
Tinne
noble, regal, competitive, confident
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223 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

9 Myocardial Infarction
5 Stroke
5 Cancer
5 Hanging To Death
5 Traffic Collision

Top death years

7 2020
5 1993
5 1938
5 1996
5 1997

Deaths by gender

178 Male
45 Female

Top death places

9 Moscow
7 Los Angeles
5 London
4 Berlin
4 New York City

Top 5 notable deaths.

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (1934–2020).

Born September 27th, 1934 in Salt Lake City.

Died August 1st, 2020 at 85 years old in St. George (kidney disease). [ref]

Calamity Jane

American scout and frontierswoman.

Born May 1st, 1853 in Princeton.

Died August 1st, 1903 at 50 years old in Terry (pneumonia).

Francis Gary Powers

American pilot shot down flying a u-2 spy plane over the soviet union (1929-1977).

Born August 17th, 1929 in Jenkins.

Died August 1st, 1977 at 47 years old in Encino (aviation accident).

Cilla Black

English singer and media personality (1943–2015).

Born May 27th, 1943 in Vauxhall.

Died August 1st, 2015 at 72 years old in Estepona (stroke).

Charles Whitman

American mass murderer and spree killer; perpetrator of the university of texas tower shooting (1941–1966).

Born June 24th, 1941 in Lake Worth Beach.

Died August 1st, 1966 at 25 years old in Austin (gunshot wound).

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Top birth years

15 1984
13 1973
12 1985
12 1972
11 1980

Birthdays by gender

462 Male
136 Female

Top birth places

9 Brooklyn
8 New York City
6 Rome
6 London
5 Amsterdam

Everyone dies but not everyone lives. William Wallace